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Questions / Some songs won't appear on playlists once exported to Walkman

« on: May 07, 2022, 09:23:21 AM »

Hi, tech noob here.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Question:
How can I fix the issue of some songs disappearing from playlists once exported from MusicBee to Walkman?

Background information:
The songs that won't appear on playlists on Walkman do exist both in MusicBee library and Walkman, and I can listen to them individually with no problem when I clicked on them.
On MusicBee library, the playlists work fine, playing all songs including said files.
I can also add and remove said files on the playlist.
They just won't show up on playlists on my Walkman.

I only use MusicBee to edit files on my Walkman.
Therefore, I import files from Walkman using "File > Add files to library" and edit imported files on a library whose music file path is directed from E:\ to E:\.
This system caused me no problem for 2 months now, until this issue with missing songs on playlist suddenly emerged this week.

Hit me with questions if you need additional information!

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Questions / How to retain source files

« on: March 13, 2022, 01:42:56 AM »

Hi, I'm a tech noob who is new to this software.
Sorry if my explanation is incomprehensible...
Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Problem;
I can't find the source files of the music I imported from Walkman after I edited them on MusicBee, and it causes all the edited music files to vanish

Background information;
I record music on Walkman using a recording cable, and then import them to MusicBee so that I can edit the titles, artists, and so on.
I import the files from Walkman to MusicBee using drag-and-drop, moving files from the "NWWM_REC" file in Walkman to "All Artists" category in MusicBee.
After editing, I right-click on the edited file on MusicBee and choose "Send to" > "Device Walkman(E:)."
Usually it won't import the files to Walkman somehow, so I always use drag-and-drop afterwards (if you could give me a solution to this phenomenon, that would be beyond helpful).
At first it worked, but after a couple of times I realized that MusicBee began to say something along the lines of "the source file is missing" when I double-clicked on a song and I can't play that song on MusicBee.
After I disconnected Walkman from MusicBee, I also realized that the corresponding files were missing from Walkman.

I used to rely on Music Center for PC, but stopped using them because my files often got missing out of the blue.
Now I changed my music manager to MusicBee, but it seems I can't get a hang of this software on my own.

How can I import files from Walkman, edit them on MusicBee, and then import the edited files back to Walkman without missing files?